The inaugural United Nations International Day for Judicial Wellbeing received a powerful show of support in Brisbane last week.
The ceremony was hosted by the Thomas More Law School Australian Catholic University on 25 July – the International Day for Judicial Wellbeing.
The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC CVO KC and Father Frank Brennan, an Adjunct Professor whose late father Sir Gerard Brennan delivered the Mabo decision, were among the speakers at the landmark event.
The initiative recognises the mental, physical and emotional burden carried by the judiciary as they contend with heavy caseloads, public scrutiny and technological change in their profession.
Event host ACU Chancellor and former Supreme Court Judge the Honourable Martin Daubney AM KC lauded the commencement of a UN and partner-funded study on judicial wellbeing in the Pacific region.
The study is led by Justice Rangajeeva Wimalasena, President of the Nauru Court of Appeal, Interim Dean of the Thomas More Law School Associate Professor Kunle Ola, and ACU teaching and research academic Dr Anne Pickering.
To coincide with the international event, the study’s project team has launched the Global Judicial Wellbeing Research Hub.
The platform is designed to support judiciaries, judges’ associations, and judicial institutions worldwide in conducting empirical studies on judicial well-being using expertly developed, research-based questionnaires. The hub marks a step toward promoting data-driven reform and fostering healthier, more resilient judicial systems globally.
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